Trezevant Living - Spring 2024

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Board of Directors

Bruce Hopkins, Chair

L. Hunt Campbell, Vice Chair

Estella Mayhue-Greer, Secretary

Shade Robinson, Immediate Past Chair

Oscar P. Adams

Calvin Anderson

Cyndi S. Coury

Bob Craddock

Paul Trowbridge Gillespie

Rev. Mimsy Jones

Mike Keeney

Dana Nash, M.D.

C. Penn Owen III

The Rt. Rev. Phoebe Roaf

Dell Steiner

G. Randolf Turner, M.D.

A C Wharton, Jr.

George F. Wortham III, M.D.

Scott Crosby, Chair

Martha Boyd

Ken Clark

Collie Krausnick

Ashley Remmers

Kent

Paul

Paula

Libby King, Director,

Table of Contents

A Moment at Trezevant P3

Three Generations P4

From New Zealand to Trezevant P6

Tapestry Committee P12

At Home with Diane Sachs P14

Available Residences P20

Applause P22

Donors P24

The Back Porch P29

Photographs: (left) by Julie and Blake Ross; (cover & below) by Karen Pulfer Focht

“It’s

— Julie Ann Nelson

Dear friends,

When I pondered how to start this message, my mind kept coming back to a refrain that we hear often. Within two months, nearly every new resident that moves in here says, “I should have done this five years ago.”

I think they have one vision of what Trezevant is before they move in, but then, after they’ve engaged in daily life, they really understand the value of living here. What they don’t see at first is the importance of access to friends and general socialization.

I can point to research that indicates how valuable socialization is to quality aging, and I won’t bore you with that. But I think our residents are always pleasantly surprised at how much better their daily life is when they are surrounded by people. And it’s the people that make Trezevant such a special place.

The Trezevant experience is different for everyone. On one hand, my mother-in-law recently moved into the Terrace, our assisted living community. She loves her apartment and understands that she can be as social as she wants to be. But she likes nothing better than to be in her apartment with her book, surrounded by all her personal things, knowing that her care needs are managed by Trezevant.

On the other hand, Dina Smith and Wayne Shannon got to know each other at Trezevant, in part because of the shared experience of losing a spouse. Their mutual understanding of pain and grief led to the growth of friendship into love and companionship, and they were married last April. “People here love each other, and they take care of each other,” Wayne says. “We’re inspirations to other people here and they are inspirations to us.”

In this issue you’ll meet other residents and staff who illustrate the wide variety of people at Trezevant. The caring spirit that Wayne described is part of why so many of our residents wind up asking why they didn’t move in sooner. That feeling of love, combined with our competent and caring staff and our commitment to making Trezevant excellent every day, make up the real heartbeat of this place.

As we look to the future, always seeking to be better than yesterday, it’s important to remember that together we are better. Together we are Trezevant.

Sincerely,

Kent Phillips CEO

Three Generations

of a Family Within the Trezevant Family

by Michael Finger

When Ruth Hollenberg moved into Trezevant in the 1970s, she began a family tradition that has continued to the present day. Beginning in Ruth’s time, the family, including her daughter and her grandchildren, spent Christmas at Trezevant. After she passed away in 1996, daughter Jeannette “Jet” Thompson moved into Trezevant (shown here in Spring 2024, at age 102). As of last year, her daughters — Jeannette and Marion — also call Trezevant home.

The prominent Memphis family has a remarkable history. They operated the Hollenberg Music Company in Memphis and Little Rock since the 1850s. The three women here graduated from Southwestern at Memphis (now Rhodes College), then followed different career paths. Jeannette’s job with Tennessee Family Services took her to a nonprofit in New Hampshire, while Marion taught English and Latin at East and Houston High Schools in Memphis.

So what brought them all together again? “Mother was getting older, living alone in a big house on Central, and we wanted to find the best place for her,” says Marion. “Since coming here, she’s continued to make many friends and gotten involved in so many activities. She not only plays bridge, but even teaches a class for it, and everybody really takes care of her here.”

Jeannette admits her initial reluctance to leave friends behind in New Hampshire, “but I quickly made so many friends here. There’s always something to do, the staff has been wonderful, and the food is fabulous. We have everything here in one place — a store, beauty parlor, pool, library, and even a chapel. There’s an unbelievable sense of community, and you really feel cared for.”

As for their mother, she looks around at her spacious apartment, the walls decorated with paintings and family photographs, and says, “It’s just so wonderful to have my girls here with me.” And they still spend every Christmas together, at Trezevant. •

Jeannette “Jet” Thompson (center) with daughters Marion and Jeannette.

Photograph by Karen Pulfer Focht

From New Zealand to Trezevant

Marjorie and Robert Webster’s

by Jon W. Sparks

Remarkable Journey

Avisit to see Robert and Marjorie Webster starts with an offer of tea. Their lodgings at Trezevant are pleasant and inviting with artwork and books all around. There are mementoes of their decades of traveling around the world and photos of family all over.

Robert has been with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for more than half a century, playing a key role in the battle against pediatric cancer. His research in virology, particularly in influenza, has been crucial to finding ways of taming the flu, not just of benefit to young cancer patients but to the entire world.

Marjorie has been with him throughout. She grew up on a farm in New Zealand and attended the University of Otago where she first noticed Robert. “At one of the biochemistry labs, I noticed one young man who always seemed to be the target of the instructor’s harangues,” she says.

They married and started having children. Even then, he was traveling widely, sometimes with family, sometimes not, but they all enjoyed the outdoors whether at home or abroad: hiking, relaxing at the beach, camping, and sightseeing.

Their interests remain active, even in retirement. Robert is a professor emeritus on the St. Jude faculty, although he still gets daily requests to write or review manuscripts, which he politely declines. “But I still have an office at St. Jude where I go about once a week and talk to the young people from time to time.”

Marjorie, meanwhile, was the presidents of the Ladies of St. Jude Club from 2004 to 2006, and volunteered for many years with that organization. She also was an avid cook, especially enjoying the fruits of Robert’s labors as an active gardener. They are also one-time owners of a horse who lived on their land in the Memphis area! Robert laughingly admits that Marjorie undertook most of the horse’s daily care while raising three human children. When they sold the horse, they found they had ample room for a garden, including strawberries and blueberries that Marjorie made into pies and freezer jelly.

Robert and Marjorie have been Trezevant residents for a bit more than a year now, and have settled in happily. While they do not cook much anymore, they do enjoy the bistro, both agree.

When they and their family went looking for a suitable new place to live, Marjorie says, “We decided that Trezevant was the place where I needed to be.”

Robert continues: “We made two visits and our oldest son, a physician, and his wife who worked at the National Institutes of Health, decided that this is the best facility in Memphis by far. They talked us into it and here we are.”

Dr. Webster studied avian flu to understand influenza in humans. Photographs courtesy St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

“They looked at several of the facilities in Memphis,” Marjorie says, “and we decided that Trezevant was the place where we needed to be.”

Now the couple are comfortable and can do their writing and gardening, get some exercise in, and get regular check-ins from the Trezevant staff.

It’s a long way from their first days in Memphis.

Marjorie says, “We came to Memphis in January of 1968. We arrived at St. Jude and it was cold, miserable, and gray and I wasn’t sure I’d last here all that long, but as it turned out, St. Jude was very welcoming.”

They found a house and Robert got to work, but it was a difficult time. There was a strike by sanitation workers and then in April, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated downtown. For these transplants from New Zealand via Australia, it was rough.

Robert was brought to St. Jude thanks to his work studying influenza. He gave a series of lectures in New York, Atlanta, and Memphis where he caught the attention of Dr. Allan Granoff, who built St. Jude’s Department of Virology. Granoff liked what Webster was saying and made a pitch. “He said I could work on the viruses that caused leukemia as well as on influenza.”

It wasn’t the easiest decision. Robert’s colleagues back in New Zealand and Australia didn’t think the move would be good for his career. And they had unkind things to say about Memphis. But after weighing the pros and cons, the Webster family made the move.

But after their initial time in Memphis, the Websters felt it wasn’t right for them and they decided to head

Marjorie and Robert Webster first met at the University of Otago in their native New Zealand. They have been married 65 years. Photographs courtesy St. Jude and the Webster family

half-century-long scientific career studying influenza.

back Down Under. The discussion, however, was still ongoing and Granoff was a skilled salesman. “He said, ‘Don’t sell your car or house. Take a year’s sabbatical and then decide what to do.’” Robert says. “Six months later, we were back. I realized that back in Australia I was the lab boy. In Memphis, I was a scientist, independent, and we realized that this is the place where we could develop.”

How does one get involved in influenza studies? Before coming to Memphis, Robert was part of research involving rabbits. It seems that early settlers to Australia and New Zealand imported a small number of rabbits, and it was a not-so-small disaster. “There were no predators,” he says. And, Marjorie added, “You know what rabbits do!” A leading scientist, Frank Fenner, was an expert in the myxoma virus infection in rabbits and devised a strain of the disease that got the population under control. Robert was intent on working with Fenner — “a really smart scientist who was solving big ecological problems.”

Robert was surprised, however, when he was assigned to work on influenza. It so happened that

he was an avid fisherman — he still loves fishing — and one particular holiday expedition to a nearby beach changed everything. “The beach was littered with dead muttonbirds,” he says. “And we knew that similar kinds of birds had recently died off the coast of South Africa.”

That led to a grant of $500 from the World Health Organization (WHO), a sizeable sum for that day, and the discovery of influenza in healthy birds. Those aquatic birds were spreading the virus in water. And quite logically, when Robert came to St. Jude’s, he wondered about the duck migration from Canada that came over the Mid-South. Hunters in West Memphis brought them ducks to be swabbed. Robert’s team found “the ducks had flu but no disease and yet they were shedding flu.”

This was the beginning of a long career at St. Jude’s and an expanding reputation as one of the world’s leading flu hunters. Incidentally, Flu Hunter is the name of his 2018 book on the topic, and he’s working on another titled Adventures of a Kiwi Virologist.

Robert and Marjorie both have well-worn passports.

Dr. Webster has spent his storied,

The

Websters’ interests have remained active in retirement. On a recent day, Dr. Webster caught up on the news.

“We designed the vaccines and had them ready in case it became a disaster.”

He’s been to every continent, and yes, that includes Antarctica, and she has accompanied him to many destinations. Much travel was for his work, but they often took pleasure trips, too. One time, Marjorie says, it was not such a pleasure. They planned a trip down the Amazon River in a canoe, but the airplane taking them from Lima, Peru had an issue. “Halfway down,” she says, “I was looking out the window and I thought, oh, there’s smoke coming from the engine. Fortunately, the pilot was also looking out the window and he saw what was happening. So, we returned to Lima.”

On trips where Robert was working, his presence was something people noticed. As Marjorie put it: “With Rob’s main interest being flu, one English lady remarked when she saw me at the beginning of January, ‘Oh, you are here again — the flu must be coming.’”

The couple reared three children who largely grew up in Memphis, but did a lot of globe-trotting with their parents as well. Their oldest, Nick, came with them to Memphis when he was 10 and went on to medical school and was in the Navy before retiring. Their second child, Sally, is a nurse and drug analyst. The third child, James, is an IT specialist although, as Marjorie says, “He would much rather talk about fishing.”

That’s no surprise, as his father has been an avid fisherman since he was a young boy. As Robert says, “My older brother got me hooked and now, whenever I get a chance, I go fishing.” His preference is deep sea fishing in the ocean, although he’s “hobbling around” now. Perhaps he’s less active in that now, but his son James and grandson have picked up the passion. And as any good fisherman does, Robert has plenty of stories to tell. One time he was invited to Missoula, Montana by a former colleague at St. Jude who loved to fish. “He gave me his best fly rod and great big waders to put on. The river in Missoula is fantastic for catching fish. And the first thing I did was to trip over and break the fly rod,” he says ruefully. “Very expensive.”

The task for Robert at St. Jude was to study viruses, which included drumming up grants for his research. “At St. Jude,” he says, “the funds that are raised go to the children. I had to fund my research at St. Jude for some 50 years by writing grants. So, over the years, I raised millions of dollars.”

But from the first grant application, he ran into questions. “I was reviewed from Washington and the head of the delegation said, ‘Webster, why are you

Photographs by Karen Pulfer Focht

working with influenza in a cancer hospital? It just doesn’t make sense.’ He really got up my nose and I said, ‘Sir, what’s killing our kids?’ He said that surely it was cancer. I said, ‘No, it’s infectious diseases like measles and mumps and chickenpox. Because these diseases, the children are immunosuppressed from the drugs that we’re giving them. And we don’t have cures for flu. We don’t have a decent vaccine.’ And so he said, ‘Oh yes, then we’ll fund you.’”

Robert’s expertise in influenza was crucial when the bird flu appeared in Asia in 1996. “It was the first time we saw influenza actually move from birds to humans in that particular virus,” he says. “The H5N1 virus was killing people in Hong Kong and China.” He and a colleague discovered the virus was in the chicken markets in Hong Kong. “This virus was moving, not causing any disease of the chicken, but transmitting to children in the markets they had been taken to along with their parents. And a third of the people that got infected were dying.”

St. Jude and WHO were working together on the project. “WHO decided that this could be a disaster and asked us to make vaccines, which we did at St. Jude. We designed the vaccines and had them ready in case it became a disaster. Fortunately, it didn’t, but the vaccines were made and the techniques used for making the vaccine were developed at St. Jude by the young people that worked with me.”

And it’s been like that in the half century Robert has been at St. Jude: looking for answers and developing solutions to some of the world’s most pressing medical issues. •

and

The deep connection between St. Jude Children’s Hospital and Trezevant goes well beyond Dr. Webster. Several of these noted St. Jude family members are shown above:

Joan Chesney worked at St. Jude for 18 years, as director of the Academic Programs Office. She also created the Clinical Education and Training Office while a professor of pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Corinne Nienhuis was married to Dr. Art Nienhuis, and the two moved to Trezevant together. As the fourth director, Dr. Nienhuis served until 2004.

Pictured to the right of Dr. Downing and Dr. Webster is Theresa Mauer, who was married to Al Mauer, St. Jude CEO between 1973 and 1983. Finally, Marjorie Webster was President of Ladies of St. Jude from May 2004 to May 2006.

Other employees not pictured include Mary Edith Walker and Kay Mills Due, who were both librarians, and Suzanne Gronemeyer, who serves as Director, Pediatric Oncology Education Program. •

Dr. James Downing, president

CEO of St. Jude, recently visited Trezevant to deliver a talk to residents.

Weaving

Wonders

The Tapestry Group brings new voices and views to Trezevant.

by Frank Murtaugh Photographs by Karen Pulfer Focht

Curiosity is healthy. And that’s for any age, cradle to grave. You might say curiosity is the lifeblood of Trezevant’s Tapestry Group, an organization founded with the mission to “design and coordinate learning events around common themes.”

The Tapestry group was launched in 2022 when CEO Kent Phillips asked Lillian Fisher Hammond, a resident, to develop a celebration of Black History Month. Lillian asked several residents to serve on a committee to plan this first activity, which focused on presentations by notable Black Memphis leaders, achievers such as Beverly Robertson (former CEO of the Greater Memphis Chamber), Russell Wigginton (CEO of the Memphis Civil Rights Museum, and Kirk Whalum (local saxophonist and songwriter). This initial vision morphed into the broader Tapestry group.

Joan Chesney, chair, is among ten Trezevant residents who comprise the official Tapestry Group though she emphasizes any resident is free to join and encouraged to contribute ideas for what is intended to be a learning experience with a wide spectrum. Thus the name. “We see tapestries on the wall,” notes Chesney. “But if you look at the definition, it’s about weaving a variety of things into a whole.” Importantly, residents interested in a particular project — be it public parks in Memphis or the Korean War — can contribute to those presentations without committing time for meetings and

such. (The Tapestry Group gathers on the first Monday of each month.) “We had residents with an abiding interest in developing a program for Black History Month. It’s a loose membership, but we try and focus on scheduling speakers and doing what you need to do to have a successful presentation.”

Guests bring expertise on topics and coordinate interaction over the course of a 45-minute presentation. Mike Osborne invited Steve Ross (a former film professor at the University of Memphis) to conduct the series on Hitchcock, and Gail Murray

Steve Ross, retired professor at U of Memphis, discusses Hitchcock films.

invited Tim Huebner (a professor at Rhodes College) to present a college level series on the Supreme Court. Both programs are shining examples of Trezevant residents receiving collegiate-level education on topics of interest. Presentations are typically held in the Performing Arts Center on Trezevant’s campus, and attendance has varied from as few as 20 to as many as 100.

A group of local clergy members, invited by Lillian Hammond, visited Trezevant recently to discuss crime in Memphis, a heavy topic, but one that impacts the entire region. “They were awesome,” says Chesney. “One minister acknowledged that his church had not been open to everyone in the past, and that they’re still doing redemption. That presentation stood out.”

Elvis Presley himself, the King of Rock-and-Roll, was the subject of a Tapestry series, one that included several films, a visit from a movie critic, and even a gospel choir. Public education yielded a spectrum of interesting viewpoints over the course of its four-week series. The Supreme Court? Yep, a Tapestry topic. One just as bewildering, at times, was the Tapestry presentation on the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock. A presentation on youth-support systems included information from no fewer than three organizations tasked with helping Memphis adolescents live healthy, productive lives.

“We see tapestries on the wall,” notes Chesney. “But if you look at the definition, it’s about weaving a variety of things into a whole.”

Many Trezevant residents had long, rewarding, demanding careers that may not have allowed exploration into other fields of interest. Tapestry Group exists to provide new pathways into those fields. “We just didn’t have time to learn about these other areas. Now that we have time, we haven’t lost our inquisitiveness. As a group, as an institution, we can explore those areas in depth, and use different modalities.”

The Tapestry Group is one of several enrichment programs at Trezevant, a point Chesney likes to emphasize. All part of “weaving together” as a community, from many to one. In that spirit, prospective residents are invited to attend Tapestry events, too. •

Pictured Left to Right: Fred Wimmer, Gail Murray, Anne Carriere, Lillian Hammond, and Jack Richbourg

All members: Jim Boyd, Martha Boyd, Anne Carriere, Joan Chesney, Lillian Hammond, Catherine Lewis, Gail Murray, Mike Osborn, Jack Richbourg, Diane Sachs, Betty Louis Sheppard, Linda Wible, Fred Wimmer

A Perfect Fit

by Terri Glazer

Diane Sachs’ lovely home at Trezevant.

“C

oming here was really a piece of cake,” Diane Sachs says of her move to Trezevant.

About a year ago, the lifelong Memphian decided it was time to leave her home of 55 years. “Sentimentally, it was not hard to move out of my house. It had done its job. It was a wonderful house. I raised little kids there; I raised teenagers there. I lived there by myself; I lived there remarried for 50 years. I was ready to be out of that house,” she explains.

The decision to make Trezevant her next home came just as easily. Having lived nearby, she was familiar with the community and knew several residents. Says Diane, “I decided to come here very quickly. I came over and had lunch with a couple of people and I thought, ‘Okay, this is what I’m going to do.’”

A spacious apartment with two bedrooms plus a study made the perfect blank slate for the furnishings Diane had collected over a lifetime. The traditional styling, high ceilings, and open floor plan appealed to her and proved to be an ideal setting for the furniture, rugs, art, and other treasured pieces she brought from her previous residence.

With the help of professional organizer Elise Meyer, Diane sorted through everything in her longtime home, including childhood mementos from her grown children. “I still had their scrapbooks; high school things and elementary school things!” she recalls. All three of them came to retrieve their keepsakes before the move was finalized, while Diane and Elise worked out the rest. “Elise was fabulous,” says Diane. “She was so good at telling me how to do the move. She would say, ‘Pick out the things you want to take with you, put a tag on them that says you want them to come, and just leave everything else.’ And

Photographs by Julie and Blake Ross

that was basically what I did. And that was easy.”

Perhaps it was serendipity, with an assist from an expert decorator, that allowed Diane’s things and the apartment to fit hand in glove. Designer David Johnson took charge of settling Diane in at Trezevant, supervising furniture and art placement and helping with other design choices to help her feel at home in the new place. Those choices were minor, however, as she found herself feeling comfortable quickly and easily. Diane says, “I didn’t re-cover anything. I didn’t buy any new furniture. I just brought the things I liked.”

The apartment features Diane’s lithographs by Ted Faiers and Marc Chagall, and sculptures by Ted Rust.

Those things include pieces with sentimental meaning and a long history. “There are a lot of things here that I don’t know whether you want to call them family heirlooms or hand me downs, but they were in my mother’s house,” says Diane. “There’s a rug here that my grandparents bought on a trip around the world in 1910. It’s lived a long time. The four dining room chairs were made for the house on Poplar and Parkway where my grandparents lived.”

Along with the family treasures, she brought a sizable collection of artwork, including two sculptures by the late Ted Rust, who was once director of Memphis College of Art. He and Diane were longtime friends and she helped care for him in his later years when he was a resident at Trezevant’s Allen Morgan Health Center.

Lithographs by acclaimed modernist Ted Faiers and Russian-French surrealist Marc Chagall hung in Diane’s former home for decades and now grace the apartment’s walls. She recalls, “There used to be a

company from New York that would come and have auctions at a hotel here, and the prices in those days were very low. That’s where the two Chagalls came from.”

A more recent addition to the collection, a work by Diane’s son-in-law, Ecuadorian/American artist Boris Torres, fits in perfectly. The small painting depicts the rear view of a woman walking. “I just loved it because I think she’s so sassy,” says Diane.

Though much of the art is contemporary in nature, it exists harmoniously with the traditional furnishings around it. From oriental rugs in long-established color palettes to Queen Ann and Chippendale style furniture to classic upholstered seating, this Trezevant home proves that tasteful design is adaptable and stands the test of time.

Diane enjoys having a living room and a study, and spends time in both daily. As the morning sun streams into the window, she catches up on reading in a comfortable chair nearby. For evening TV watching or a solo dinner, however, the study is her preferred spot. Surrounded by familiar books and art set off in the handsome blue built-ins, she loves the space’s cozy, tucked-away feel.

She also appreciates the apartment’s two-bedroom layout, since many members of the large, blended family she and her late husband created have come to visit. The guest room is roomy enough to accommodate a pair of twin beds plus a mid-century modern dresser and desk Diane received on her 16th

birthday. Family photos line the walls, a tribute to multiple generations of relatives. These are only a fraction of the many pictures that hung in a long hallway of her previous home. As suggested by her organizer, Diane selected the ones she wanted to bring to her new place, then removed the rest from their frames and stored them in a box, preserving the memories without having them all on display.

Her new home has proved to be a welcoming environment when guests visit. Diane says, “I just had my husband’s three adult sons come to visit together. Before they came, I thought, ‘What are they going to do for three days?’ Well, for three days they sat here and talked. We went out to get barbecue one night and we went to a friend’s house one night, but basically, they just hung out here. One slept here and we rented one of Trezevant’s guest rooms and two slept there. They just hung out here, they ate in the bistro, and we talked and laughed and it was great!”

Even a visit that included children was a success. When Diane’s son recently brought his twins, she was afraid the 11-year-olds would be bored. The kids loved daily visits to Trezevant’s pool, though, and had fun swimming and inventing water games. “It’s a nice place to have company. All my children have been here and most of the spouses, and they enjoy being here,” she says.

“Here, you meet people who’ve had 80 years of life and they’ve done all kinds of things.”

Ditto for Diane. Since moving in, she has come to know people with whom she might never have crossed paths otherwise. “I have a friend who was an opera singer; I have a friend who was a prison warden,” she says, adding that above all, the residents have been friendly and welcoming.

“Soon after I got here, I was telling my son about all the interesting people I had met and I was kind of comparing it to being a freshman in college, when you meet so many new people. But he said to me something that I thought was very interesting and very true. ‘When you’re a freshman in college, you’re

Diane’s heirlooms, including a mixture of more traditional and modern furniture, give the apartment a welcoming feel for visiting family and friends. Family photos grace the walls.

meeting people who have had 20 years of life experience, but here, you meet people who’ve had 80 years of life and they’ve done all kinds of things.’ So it’s even better.”

She also enjoys having many and varied activity options on campus, particularly noting the film and history lectures presented by residents who are retired professors, and the musical performances in Trezevant’s performing arts center. The ability to mix organized events with impromptu drinks or dinner with others, and also to intersperse quiet evenings in her apartment, is particularly appealing.

“It’s very nice to have options,” Diane says, with the quiet confidence of someone who truly feels at home. •

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Applause!

New Board Leadership Has Deep Roots

Bruce Hopkins was recently installed as Chair of Trezevant’s Board of Directors. However, this was not a new position for Bruce. He first served as Chair of the Board from 2014 to 2017. His continuing leadership reflects his commitment to, and passion for, Trezevant Retirement Community.

Bruce has a special interest in a strong Trezevant. His mother lived at the Manor for 18 years. During that time, he became familiar with the special services and care. He could see how his mother thrived in a social, supportive environment.

“Trezevant is a wonderful, unique community whose almost 50-year history brings together a cross-section of individuals who have led active lives raising families and working in all fields from medicine, industry, finance, to non-profit. Having been a leader in the banking and finance sector for over 45 years, along with being an active member of the Memphis non-profit world serving on many boards across our city, I have been fortunate enough to be mentored by many of our current Trezevant residents whose leadership and counsel I hold in high regard. I look forward to working with our new Vice Chair Hunt Campbell, along with our board and the Trezevant leadership team.”

Incoming Vice Chair Hunt Campbell is also familiar with Trezevant. His grandmother lived at Allen

Morgan Health and Rehab, and his mother lived in Independent Living (the Manor). Hunt’s motherin-law was a resident for 15 years and his mother’s first cousin was in the Manor for years.

These leaders follow Shade Robinson, who recently completed her term as Board Chair for three years. She generously served an extra year to ensure that Trezevant maintained its bold vision and high-quality care during and after the Covid pandemic. Shade’s passion for Trezevant is personal.

“I don’t have any relatives who lived at Trezevant, but I wanted Trezevant to be excellent because I plan to live here when I get older. My sons live out of town, and I don’t want to depend on them. I want to be able to continue to enjoy stimulating activities and interesting people when I can no longer live in my home.”

Shade’s leadership has made a significant impact on Trezevant. During her term, Trezevant’s Allen Morgan retained 5-star status, one of two in Shelby County. She has focused on building a strong board and enhancing our vision for healthcare.

Compassionate Collaboration With Comfort Keepers

Trezevant has partnered with Comfort Keepers, a leading provider of in-home care services, with Maria Garcia at the helm. Maria, whose caregiving journey began with her grandmother, now serves as care coordinator, matching clients with tailored caregivers.

Paul Martin, VP of health and wellness for Trezevant, emphasizes the importance of top-tier service, selecting Comfort Keepers to elevate care standards.

“Maria epitomizes the caliber of professionals we aim to partner with,” says Martin. “Our residents and their families expect an elevated level of service, and we believe Comfort Keepers can help us provide exactly that.”

Shade Robinson and Bruce Hopkins

In addition to traditional care services, this innovative initiative introduces personalized 15-minute check-in visits. These brief but impactful sessions offer families peace of mind by addressing various tasks tailored to each resident’s requirements. Whether it’s medication reminders, restocking toiletries and groceries, ensuring electronic devices are charged, or simply tidying up living spaces, Maria’s team ensures every aspect of residents’ well-being is meticulously attended to.

Brian Bradley, president of Comfort Keepers of the Mid-South, says residents are in good hands.

“For years we’ve seen Maria take the time and care to ensure that families were matched with caregivers who were the perfect fit for their loved ones,” said Bradley. “Our team is committed to delivering the highest level of care to each and every one of our clients.”

As onsite liaison, Maria conducts thorough assessments to ensure optimal caregiver matches, fostering a personalized approach to care. For more information, contact Maria directly or visit Trezevant Manor to witness how this partnership is delivering peace of mind.

Trezevant Grants Scholarships to Mother and Son

Margaret Williamson is a CNA and has worked at Allen Morgan Health and Rehabilitation Center since 2012. Her son, Hallelujah, came to work at Trezevant just over a year ago and found his place as a server in the dining room.

Their schedules do not overlap; Margaret works weekend nights while Hallelujah works the weekday

dinner shift. But they do have one important thing in common: Both receive scholarship assistance from Trezevant Foundation’s Scholarship Fund to attend college.

Margaret is originally from Kenya. She made her way to Memphis from Iowa because the cost of living is lower. She found work at Trezevant and loves her time with the residents on the second floor of Allen Morgan. “I love my job. It feels like home. This is where I’m supposed to be.” When talking about the residents she cares for, her face breaks into a large smile. “My hands need to touch people. That is where my heart is.”

She works weekend nights so she can attend the University of Memphis as a full-time nursing student. It has been an adjustment, working at night and studying and going to classes all day. But the scholarship support makes a difference.

Hallelujah has been working at Trezevant for about a year. He arrives at 4:00 p.m., after his classes at U of M. He enjoys interacting with the residents. “Several of them know that I receive the scholarship, so they ask how school is going.”

Hallelujah also enjoys his relationship with his supervisor, food service director John Michaelian. John said, “I enjoy my relationship with these young adults and feel we help train them for their future roles.” When asked what he has learned, he responded, “First, be on time. Make sure you do what you’re supposed to do even though you’re not being watched. And learn how to take care of people and be patient.” •

Hallelujah and Margaret Williamson

Maria Garcia

Together

We Are Trezevant

We are grateful for the generosity of our many donors—residents, families, friends, and the larger community. Your contributions help provide the highest quality of care and programs and services that enhance the lives of our residents. In addition, your gifts ensure that all residents, regardless of their financial status, will always have a home at Trezevant. Our commitment is that our residents can access the care they require in all stages of their lives.

Please consider a gift to strengthen Trezevant’s mission and our ability to provide exceptional care to all residents. You may also consider a deferred gift as a meaningful way to leave a lasting legacy of kindness and support and ensure our stability and sustainability for years to come.

To learn more about ways to give, please contact Paula Jacobson, Executive Director, Trezevant Foundation at 901.251.9242 or pjacobson@trezevantmanor.org.

All donations listed were received between August 1, 2023 and March 15, 2024.

CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE

($10,000 and up)

Hunt & Beth Campbell

Sara Holmes

Ann Knox

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Tina McWhorter Living Trust

Jolanda M. Penzner

Irrevocable Trust

Mary Viriginia Rogers

Dr. Randy Turner

Karen White

CIRCLE OF HONOR

($5,000 and up)

Ken Clark

Jim Dorman

Peg & John Salmon

Betty Louis Sheppard

Linda Wible

June Wood

Estate of Mary Kate

Wyatt

LEADER

($2,500 and up)

Emile Bizot

Estella Mayhue-Greer

Anna McNeill

Kent Phillips

Ann Powell

Elinor Reed

Madge Saba

BUILDER

($1,000 and up)

Dr. Rex & Johnnie

Amonette

Barbara Bacharach

Betty Brewster

Judith & Bruce Campbell

Dr. Dee & Janet Canale

Meg & Scott Crosby

Diane Davis

Marilyn Dunavant

Mr. & Mrs. E. Carl Krausnick, Jr. Fund

Sara Heckle

Jon Gambrell

Construction, Inc.

Joyce & Ted Johnson

Rodgers Menzies

Owen Family Fund

Dr. Bob & Jenny

Richardson

Cecile Skaggs

Dorothy Stevenson

ACHIEVER

($750 and up)

Sylvia Adams

Paula Jacobson

Rosemary Mosby

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

Dr. Mary Linda & Lee

Wardlaw

Rinnie Wood

INNOVATOR

($500 and up)

Matt & Alice Crow

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel N.

Graham

Sally Hergenrader

Carolyn & Carl Hicks

Dr. Bobby & Maggie Hollabaugh

Libby King

Kenny Floor Covering,

LLC

John Mickaelian

Theresa Mauer

Mary & Steve Nelson

Ashley Remmers

Don Selheimer

Dina Smith Shannon

Faye Southern

Margaret Taylor

Dorsey & John Wade

Victoria Brafford Wade

Ginny & John Webb

FRIEND

($250 and up)

Jim & Martha Boyd

Kathy Bradshaw

Gee Gee Chandler

Virginia Hollon

Eva & Bobby Hussey

Jr. Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Robert J.

Hussey, III

Camile & Bobby

Leatherman

Rev. Julie McKenna

Alice Anne & TV Miller

Susanna & Tudor

Moldoveanu

Kim & Kevin McDonnell

Gwen & Penn Owen

Jimmye Pidgeon

Anna Pyland

Laurence Streuli

Jo Threlkeld

AC Wharton

Brian & Shelly Willmarth

E. H. LITTLE SOCIETY

The E. H. Little Society is comprised of those individuals who have included the Trezevant Foundation in their planned giving, through a bequest or other deferred gift.

Barbara Bradrach

Ben Bledsoe & Susan Herron

Peggy Bodine

Ken Clark

John & Jane Dulin

P. Trowbridge Gillespie

Jr. Family Trust

Sara Holmes

Ted & Joyce Johnson

Donna McEniry

James E. McGehee, Jr.

Anna McNeill

Jimmye Pidgeon

Ann Powell

William R. Rice

Mary Virginia Rogers

Elaine Schuppe

Wayne Shannon

Peg & John Salmon

Linthicum (Lin) Turner

Randy Turner

Philip & Mary Vaiden

Julia Walton

Mary Edith Walker

Susan Whitehead

Dr. Linda Wible

Milton Winter

HONORARIUMS

GINGER ACUFF

Ann Knox

Margaret & Grayson Smith

SYLVIA ADAMS

Emile Bizot

Janet & Dr. Dee Canale

Gee Gee Chandler (C)

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Dr. Bob & Jenny Richardson

JULIA ALLEN

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Betsy Rucks

Kitty Cannon & Jim

Waller (S)

Linda Wible

PATSY & JOHN ALBRITTON

Kay Robilio

JOHNNIE AMONETTE

Alice Anne & TV Miller

JOY AUSTIN-FILES

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

BARBARA BACHARACH

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Jimmye Pidgeon

Madge Saba

ANN BAILEY

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

MARY ALLIE BALDWIN

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

SAM BEACH

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

EMILE BIZOT

Barbara Bacharach

Sally Hergenrader

Joyce & Ted Johnson

Alice Anne & TV Miller

Caroline Nance

Caroline Nance

Elinor Reed

Madge Saba

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller (S)

Karen White

Dr. Linda Wible

BEN BLEDSOE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Betty Louis Sheppard

PEGGY BODINE

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

DORIS BOONE

Barbara & Richard Williams

JEAN BORKERT

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Joyce & Ted Johnson

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

JIM BOYD

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

KATHY BRADSHAW

Ann Knox

KATHLEEN BRAFFORD

Renee & Rob Dingler

Dot & Doug Ferris

Sarah Heckle

Ann Hunt

Mr. & Mrs. H. Fox, Jr.

Anna McNeill

Janet Misner

Gwen & Penn Owen

Jimmye Pidgeon

Victoria Brafford Wade

Philip Wetz

LESLIE BREWINGTON

Ann Knox

Elinor Reed

BETTY BREWSTER

Dr. & Mrs. George Wortham

GRATTON BROWN

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

WORTH BROWN

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

SUZY BROWN

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

DR. HAL BRUNT

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

BILL BUTLER

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

PATTY CALVERT

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

DR. DEE CANALE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

JANET CANALE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

KITTY CANNON

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Sara Holmes

Joyce & Ted Johnson

Betsy Rucks

Faye Southern

Linda Wible

ANNE CARRIERE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Elinor Reed

Madge Saba

Barbara & Richard Williams

BETTY CARTER

Emile Bizot

Gee Gee Chandler (C)

Anna McNeill

Ann Powell (C)

GEE GEE CHANDLER

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

JOAN CHESNEY

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Alice Anne & TV Miller

BARBARA CHRISTENSEN

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Betty Louis Sheppard

KEN CLARK

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

DAN CONAWAY

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

ROBERTA COSCIA

Joyce & Ted Johnson

DOROTHY CRADDOCK

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

BARBARA DALE

CRAFTON

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

MR. & MRS. HOWARD

T. CRAWFORD

Virginia Hollon

PAT CRONE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

SANDY CROOK

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Sally Hergenrader

RAY CURLE

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

SUSANNE DARNELL

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader (C)

Anna McNeill

Betty Louis Sheppard

DIANE DAVIS

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

JIM DORMAN

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

THEA DOTSON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

JED DREIFUS

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

KAY DUE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

ANTONY FIELD

Ann Knox

JOANNE FLEMING

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

FRIDAY NIGHT FRIENDS

Walker Hays

Alice Anne & TV Miller

ROBERT GOOCH

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

SAM GILMORE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

KATE GOOCH

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

SUE GOODWIN

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim

Waller

Anna McNeill

FRIERSON GRAVES

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

DOTTIE GRAYSON

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Ted & Joyce Johnson

Anna McNeill

JOHN GRAYSON

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Alice Anne & TV Miller

BETTY GREEN

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

MR. & MRS. JOHN F. GRUMBLES

Virginia Hollon

MR. & MRS. WILLIAM H. GRUMBLES

Virginia Hollon

EMILY HAIZLIP

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

ALAN HAMMETT

Ann Knox

LILLIAN HAMMOND

Emile Bizot

Madge Saba

Dr. Linda Wible

Barbara & Richard

Williams

HENRY HARVEY

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

WALKER HAYS

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

SALLY HERGENRADER

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim

Waller

Anna McNeill

SUSAN HERRON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

Betty Louis Sheppard

VIRGINIA HOLLON

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Julia & William Grumbles

Anna McNeill

ELIZABETH HOLMES

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

THE ROBERT S. HOLLABAUGH FAMILY

Maggie & Bobby

Hollabaugh (C)

SARA HOLMES

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

JULIA HOWELL

Emile Bizot

Ann Knox

Anna McNeill

JULIE HOYMAN

Ann Knox

ANN HUNT

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

EVA MAE HUSSEY

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Alice Anne & TV Miller

CAMILLE HUTTON

Emile Bizot

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Anna McNeill

PAULA JACOBSON

Ann Knox

FRANCIS JAMES

Kitty Cannon & Jim

Waller (S)

DARRILYN JENKINS

Ann Knox

TED JOHNSON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Alice Anne & TV Miller

LIZ JOHNSON

Ann Knox

TERESA JOHNSON

Ann Knox

Elinor Reed

GREGG JONES

Anna McNeill

PEGGY JONES

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

LIBBY KING

Ann Knox

ANN KNOX

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

JAN LABEAUSE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

BOBBY LEATHERMAN

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

ALICE LESLIE

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

JIM LEWIS

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

GEORGE LOOMIS

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Alice Anne and TV

Miller

RUSTY LOTH

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

ROGER LOWERY

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim

Waller

Anna McNeill

PAUL MARTIN

Ann Knox

THERESA MAUER

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim

Waller

Sarah Doyle

Sara Holmes (S)

Judy Drescher & Dave

Lindstrom

Missie & Jim

McDonnell (C)

Anna McNeill

Mary Todd

Dorsey & John Wade (C)

Linda Wible (C)

JO MAXWELL

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim

Waller

Anna McNeill

REV. JULIE MCKENNA

Sally Hergenrader (C)

Linda Twist Hill (C)

Ann Knox

Alice Anne & TV Miller (C)

Dorsey & John Wade (C)

MISSIE & JIM

MCDONNELL

Emily Haizlip

ANNA MCNEILL

Emile Bizot

Gee Gee Chandler (C)

Joyce & Ted Johnson

Ann Knox

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Alice Anne & TV Miller

Bob & Jenny

Richardson

Madge Saba

Karen White

RODGERS MENZIES

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim

Waller

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Mary & Steve Nelson

Walker Hays

JOHN MIKAELIAN

Ann Knox

ALICE ANNE MILLER

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

LINDA MISCHKE

Barbara & Richard Williams

WALTER MISCHKE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

LYNN MURFF

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

GAIL MURRAY

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

CAROLINE NANCE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

BARBARA NASH

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

MARY NELSON

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

Anna McNeill

STEVE NELSON

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim

Waller

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

AL NIMOCKS

Linda Twist Hill (C)

ROBBIE NITER

Ann Knox

BARBARA KIRK-NORRIS

Linda Twist Hill (C)

Ann Knox

Alice Anne & TV Miller (C)

Dorsey & John Wade (C)

MIKE OSBORN

Barbara & Richard Williams

SUSIE OSBORN

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

LUCILLE OWEN

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

MARILYN PAAVOLA

Margaret & Grayson

Smith

KIRK PAFFORD

Ann Knox

TERRI PALMORE

Ann Knox

MAXINE PATTERSON

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

KENT PHILLIPS

Ann Knox

JIMMYE PIDGEON

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Resident Art Exhibit

Anna McNeill

Alice Anne & TV Miller

Madge Saba

Lillian Trotter

SALLY PODESTA

Joyce & Ted Johnson

ANN POWELL

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

DIXIE POWERS

Emile Bizot

Joyce & Ted Johnson

Anna McNeill

SHERRY PREWITT

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS COMMITTEE

Barbara & Richard Williams

ELINOR REED

Missie & Jim

McDonnell (C)

JENNY RICHARDSON

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

BARKLEY RICHBOURG

Beloved Pet of Cathy &

Jack Richbourg

Thea Dotson

Ann Knox

Jimmye Pidgeon

Elinor Reed

Beverly Williams

CATHY RICHBOURG

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

JACK RICHBOURG

Barbara & Richard Williams

JOHN ROBERTSON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Alice Anne & TV Miller

TERRI ROBERTSON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

KAY ROBILIO

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

BETTY JANE

ROBINSON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

NANCY ROBINSON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

DIANE SACHS

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Linda Wible

Barbara & Richard Williams

JOHN SALMON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

PEG SALMON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

LINDSEY SAMPIETRO

Barbara Birge

Sam & Marion Morgan

Jet Thompson

TOMMIE SAXON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

ELAINE SCHUPPE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

KATIE SCROGGINS

Ann Knox

Elinor Reed

STACY SEARS

Barbara Bacharach

DINA SMITH

SHANNON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

WAYNE SHANNON

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Dina Smith Shannon (C)

WAYNE & DINA

SHANNON

Barbara Bacharach

CECILLE SKAGGS

Linda Wible

SARA SHELTON

Barbara Bacharach

Jimmye Pidgeon

BETTY LOUIS

SHEPPARD

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller (S)

Anna McNeill

Linda Wible

ROSIE SIMPSON

Elinor Reed

VALERIE SMITHERS

Ann Knox

Elinor Reed

FAYE SOUTHERN

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

LINDA SPIESE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Betty Louis Sheppard

ROBERT

STRANDBURG

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

PEG STRINGER

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

SAM STRINGER

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

LORETTA TARAS

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

MARGARET TAYLOR

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

LINDA TERRY

Gee Gee Chandler (C)

JO THRELKELD

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

JET THOMPSON

Jimmye Pidgeon

ANN TIMMONS

Emile Bizot

Madge Saba

VIRGINIA TRENHOLM

Barbara Bacharach

TREZEVANT DINING STAFF

Ann Knox

TREZEVANT

MAINTENANCE STAFF

Ann Knox

TREZEVANT

MARKETING STAFF

Ann Knox

TREZEVANT STAFF

Johnnie Amonette

Rodgers Menzies (C)

DR. RANDY TURNER

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Alice Anne and & TV

Miller

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin

O’Donnell

Dr. & Mrs. Bob

Richardson

Madge Saba

BERNICE TUTTEROW

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

Ginny and John Webb

GRACE UPSHAW

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

MARY VAIDEN

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Alice Anne & TV Miller

PHILLIP VAIDEN

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Alice Anne & TV Miller

DORSEY WADE

Gee Gee Chandler (C)

MARY EDITH WALKER

Emile Bizot

Kitty Cannon & Jim

Waller

Anna McNeill

Betty Louis Sheppard

JIM WALLER

Emile Bizot

Ted & Joyce Johnson

Anna McNeill

NELLIE WALLER

Susanne Darnell (C)

JULIE WALTON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

YVONNE WALTON

Sara Holmes

Ann Knox

LEE WARDLAW

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

MARY LINDA WARDLAW

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

GINNY WEBB

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader (C)

Anna McNeill

JOHN WEBB

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Sally Hergenrader

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

BILL WEBER

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

VICKI WEBER

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

MARTHA WHEELER

Margaret & Grayson Smith

KAREN WHITE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

SUSAN WHITEHEAD

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Margaret & Grayson Smith

LINDA WIBLE

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Madge Saba

Barbara & Richard Williams

JUNE & HARRY

WILCOX

Margaret & Grayson Smith

BARBARA WILLIAMS

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

BEVERLY WILLIAMS

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

RICHARD WILLIAMS

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

GAIL WILLIAMSON

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

JACKIE WILLIAMSON

Kitty Cannon & Jim Waller

BRIAN WILLMARTH

Ann Knox

FRED WIMMER

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

BARBARA WIND

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

MILTON WINTER

Carol & Paul Calame

RINNIE WOOD

Ann Knox

Margaret & Grayson Smith

MARTHA WOOD

Emile Bizot

Anna McNeill

Mrs Penny Wood-Wiener

MEMORIALS

BILL ADAMS

Sylvia Adams

DR. PETER

BALLENGER

Dr. Randy Turner

CONLEY HUNT

BARCLAY

Ann Hunt (C)

BRIDGET BAREK

Theresa Mauer

Ann McNeill

Ann Stevens

Beverly Williams

JAN BELL

Ann Hunt

Jimmye Pidgeon

Dr. Randy Turner

JAMES BOREN

Emile Bizot

Janet & Dr. Dee Canale

Mary Ann Griesbeck & Family

The Long Family

Sara Holmes

Ann Hunt

Joyce & Ted Johnson

John & Terry Robertson

Laurence Streuli

June Wood

KATHLEEN BRAFFORD

Renee & Rob Dingler (S)

Victoria Brafford Wade (S)

DORIS CAMPBELL

Margaret & Grayson

Smith

LIBBY DAUGHDRILL

Jean Borkert

Dee Dee & Larry Bryan

Suzanne Rhea Burgar

Judith & Bruce Campbell

Barbara Dale Crafton

Mr. & Mrs. Gus Denton

Eva & Bobby Hussey

Jr. Fund

Mr. & Mrs. Samuel N. Graham

Gaye & Haywood

Henderson

Sally Hergenrader

Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Hussey, III

Suzanne & Neely

Mallory

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Gwen & Penn Owen

Betsy Rucks

Jeanne Smith

Ann Stevens (C)

Leila Taratus

Margaret Taylor

Dorsey & John Wade (C)

June Wood

Kent & Susan Wunderlich

NANCY DONOVAN

Sara Heckle

Anna McNeill

Ann Stevens

June Wood

EDNA EARL DOUGLAS

Margaret & Charlie Wheeler

DR. JERALD DUNCAN

Janet & Dr. Dee Canale

Barbara Christensen

Ken Clark

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Anna McNeill

Alice Anne & TV Miller

Mary & Steve Nelson

Jimmye Pidgeon

Faye Southern

Ann Stevens

Dr. Randy Turner

Milton Winter

June Wood

MARLY LOUISE

CROMWELL FAIRFAX

Harper & Beth Keeler

MANNIE FRISBY

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Gee Gee Chandler (C)

Sara Heckle

Sally Hergenrader

Sally Hergenrader

Maggie & Bobby Hollabaugh

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Anna McNeill

Lucille Owen

Jimmye Pidgeon

Madge Saba

Ginny & John Webb

June Wood

Mary Kate Wyatt

ELLEN GAMMON

Sette Butcher

Marie, Ryan, Alex &

Kate Holder

Anna McNeill

Susanna & Tudor

Moldoveanu

Elizabeth & Greg

Smithers

MARY ALICE GORDON

Ann Stevens

HERBERT HUNT

Ann Hunt (C)

JANE JONES

Janet & Dee Canale

Mid Day Study Club

Henry Harvey

Sara Holmes

Joyce & Ted Johnson

Marion & Sam Morgan

Jimmye Pidgeon

Jet Thompson

June Wood

DAVID KENNEDY

Beverly Williams

JOEL KEYS

Ann Stevens

DOTTIE KOZIK

Jimmye Pidgeon

Cathy & Jack

Richbourg

Margaret Taylor

SISSY LONG

Ken Clark

Jimmye Pidgeon

Ann Powell

Dr. Randy Turner

DR. WILLIAM LONG

Rodgers Menzies

Ann Stevens

Dr. Randy Turner

June Wood

JULIA MADDOX

Gee Gee Chandler

MAX MCDADE

Sally Podesta

JIM MCDONNELL

Dr. & Mrs. Dee Canale

Ken Clark

Barbara Dale Crafton

Marilyn Dunavant

Anna McNeill

Alice Anne & TV Miller

Jimmye Pidgeon

Ann Powell

Betsy Rucks

Madge Saba

Betty Louis Sheppard

Linda Spiese

Laurence Streuli

Dr. Randy Turner

Beverly Williams

June Wood

Mary Kate Wyatt

TERRI MIKAELIAN

Thea Dotson

Ann Knox

Jimmye Pidgeon

PAT MOREHEAD

Anna McNeill

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Diane Davis

Sara Heckle

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Holmes

Sara Holmes

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Lindstrom

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McDonnell

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Anna McNeill

Rodgers Menzies

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Kim O’Donnell

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Ann Powell

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Ann Stevens

Margaret Taylor

Margaret Taylor

Dorsey & John Wade (S)

Kitty Cannon & Jim

Waller

Carol & Ron Watkins

Ginny & John Webb

June Wood

REV. DON MOWERY

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SALLY OVERMAN

Margaret & Grayson Smith

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Carol Ann Pera

RAY PODESTA

Eleanor Appling

Emile Bizot

Peggy Bodine

Martha & Jim Boyd

Judith & Bruce

Campbell

Janet & Dee Canale

Honey Cannon

Gee Gee Chandler

Diane Davis

Judy Drescher & Dave Lindstrom

Marilyn Dunavant (S)

Jane & Mackie Gober

Donna Green

Walker Hays

Sarah Heckle

Sally Hergenrader

Elizabeth & John Holmes

Joyce & Ted Johnson

Leslie & Mark Lee

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Anna McNeill

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Sally Podesta

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Betsy Rucks

Madge Saba

Peg & John Salmon

Sara Shelton

Betty Louis Sheppard

Margaret Taylor

Doug Thompson, Lisa &

Sam Thompson

Jet Thompson

Verna H. Turner

Dorsey & John Wade

Beverly Williams

Milton Winter

Mary Kate Wyatt

June Wood

CASSIE ROSEMOND

Thea Dotson

Jimmye Pidgeon

ESTELLE SHEAHAN

Dr. Randy Turner

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SMITH

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EDWIN A. STREULI, JR.

Laurence Streuli (C)

SARA THORNTON

June Wood

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Diane Davis

Marilyn Dunavant

Sara Holmes

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McDonnell

Anna McNeill

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Jimmye Pidgeon

Ann Powell

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Richardson

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Richbourg

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Madge Saba

Ann Stevens

Dr. Randy Turner

June Wood

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Helen & Chris Bird

Peggy Bodine

Gee Gee Chandler

Ken Clark

Anna McNeill

Ann Stevens

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Carol Snowden Morris

JOHN WADE

Sylvia Adams (C)

Barbara Bacharach

Emile Bizot

Janet & Dee Canale

Barbara Christensen

Barbara Dale Crafton

Marilyn Dunavant (C)

Brooke Ferris

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Sara Heckle

Sally Hergenrader

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Sara Holmes

Helen Jabbour

Joyce & Ted Johnson

Camile & Bobby

Leatherman

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Anna McNeill

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Morgan

Gwen & Penn Owen

Jimmye Pidgeon

Dr. Bob & Jenny

Richardson

Cathy & Jack

Richbourg

Betsy Rucks

Betty Louis Sheppard

Cathy & Bruce Shofner

Faye Southern

Linda Spiese

Sandra Stine

Laurence Streuli

Margaret Taylor

Dr. Randy Turner

Linda Wible (C)

Beverly Williams

June Wood

Mary Kate Wyatt

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Gee Gee Chandler

Barbara Christensen

Barbara Dale Crafton

Marilyn Dunavant

Brooke Ferris

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Sara Heckle

Sally Hergenrader

Theresa Mauer

Missie & Jim

McDonnell

Anna McNeill

Rodgers Menzies

Alice Anne & TV Miller

Mary & Steve Nelson

Jimmye Pidgeon

Ann Powell

Cathy & Jack

Richbourg

Madge Saba

Bindy Snyder

Faye Southern

Ann Stevens

Dorsey & John Wade

Linda Wible

June Wood

GERALD WALTON

Julie Walton (C)

PAGE WILLIAMSON

Madge Saba

Ann Knox

Ann Powell

Jimmye Pidgeon

Mary & Steve Nelson

Milton Winter

Sally Hergenrader

Alice Anne & TV Miller

Martha & Jim Boyd

Faye Southern

Margaret Taylor

Rodgers Menzies

Anna McNeill

Jenny & Dr. Bob

Richardson

June Wood

Ann Stevens

Marilyn Dunavant

Betty Louis Sheppard

DOT WORK

Dr. Randy Turner

DR. J. R. WYATT

Mary Kate Wyatt

MARY KATE WYATT

Barbara Bacharach

Sara Holmes

Anna McNeill

Ann Powell

Linda Spiese

Margaret Taylor (L)

Jeannette Thompson

SPECIFIC FUNDS

ART FUND

Chipsy Butler

John Cannon

Helen Jaseph

Life Enrichment

Department

Rodgers Menzies

Phyllis Ann Mikula

Al Nimocks

Diane Sachs

Anne Sayle

Dina Smith Shannon

CHAPEL FUND

Sara Heckle

The Robert S. Hollabaugh Family

Rusty Loth

Mary Beth Keys

Camille & Bobby Leatherman

Theresa Mauer

Anna McNeill

Buddy Nix

Elinor Reed

Nancy Robinson

John & Peg Salmon

Betty Louis Shepphard

Dorsey Wade

Dorsey & John Wade

Linda Wible

Beverly Williams

Mary Kate Wyatt

GENERATOR FUND

Marilyn Dunavant

HOPE’S GARDEN

Chipsy Butler

Nora & Dan Conaway

Joy Austin-Files

Mr. and Mrs. E. Carl

Krausnick, Jr. Fund

Walker Hays

Bobby Leatherman

Anna McNeill

Gail Murray

Jimmye Pidgeon

John Robertson

Ann Stevens

Dr. Randy Turner

Susan Whitehead

Linda Wible

LIBRARY FUND

Cecile Skaggs

SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Marilyn Dunavant

Sara Holmes

Theresa Mauer

Gail Murray

Anna Pyland

Cecile Skaggs

Patricia Tate

LEGEND (C) - Chapel Fund (G) - Generator Fund (L) - Library Fund (S) - Scholarship Fund

Life Among the Trees The Back Porch | by Dan Conaway

Inever tire of my city’s disappearing act into the trees. I never tire of sunsets that set the horizon on fire across my 16 windows like a neon backdrop for the trees.

Any view from 70 feet and above reveals the forest where we live. Only church steeples and a few other built giants dare to peek through one of America’s great urban canopies — so hopeful in spring you leave any cold despair behind in its promise, so thick in summer you think you could hike across its vast green hills, so colorful in fall you think you’re staring at an artist’s palette (or perhaps even the artist’s canvas), so beautifully angular and sculptural in winter you see the whole of the Downtown skyline through the bendy bones west, and the whole of a city’s character framed below.

Only Memphians know their shade, feel their power in a storm, mourn their loss when they fall.

There are trees within as well.

One sat next to me the other night, contemplating calling a quarter bet. He’s stood before the Supreme Court twice, once setting a precedent that stands today, and winning for his client on the second.

But a quarter is serious money in this game, and Frierson will not be rushed.

Another was on the other side of me, a legendary investment advisor and serial civic leader who put his family’s name on the first-ever permanent named professorship in the Department of History at the University of Memphis.

But right now, Emile is working on a

poker face since he’s the one who bet that quarter.

Jimmye is here, too, part of a family that has grown the city in industries as disparate as steel and soft drinks. But Jimmye is different, too, as colorful as a bank of cherry trees, and as direct as straight-line wind. She also carries dog biscuits with her, so my two will pull me across a lobby to get to her.

Fred, printer, and a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design is being taken to task by Jack, immigration lawyer, for betting out of turn, a specialty of Fred’s. Walker and I are discussing the city softball championship team he played on with Wyeth Chandler and John Malmo as teammates.

Just another quarter-ante poker game in the forest.

Trees are as tall inside as out, male and female, fascinating individually, supportive in community, as involved in the ecology of the place and as rooted in its history as those that shade us outside.

The eclectic mix of origin and background, of interest and intellect, of friendships just formed, long-standing and rediscovered, brings the forest to life every day, like light through the varied leaves, like a breeze that moves them.

People don’t come to Trezevant to die. They come to continue to learn, to continue to experience, to continue to love, to continue to live in abundance.

To continue to grow, supported by the whole of the forest.

Frierson has called, and the bet moves to me.

I’m all in. •